We think that if there are no signs of a possible complication such as compartment syndrome or a vascular issue (pulseless supracondylar humerus fracture), a delay in the definitive treatment could be assumed if there are not the adequate conditions for surgery.
1 The worst conditions for surgery undoubtedly occurred during Ernest Shackleton's second expedition (on the Endurance in 1914-17).
16 In summary, conditions for surgery in the Antarctic during this era were makeshift and far from ideal.
Such treatment can reduce tumor volume, leading to less aggressive surgery and providing favorable local conditions for surgery in inoperable tumors [ 1, 2].
Despite a delayed diagnosis and high-risk conditions for surgery, this patient was successfully treated by surgical intervention and obtained full neurological recovery and complete bony fusion.
Its primary purpose is to reduce tumor size or extent in order to provide improved local conditions for surgery, often enabling conservative rather than radical procedures and, sometimes, even rendering inoperable tumors operable [ 10].
Two patients refused further treatment, three patients were radiated after chemoembolization, four other patients were in too bad general condition for either surgery or radiation.
One patient was radiated after chemotherapy, two patients refused further treatment, three patients were in too bad a general condition for either surgery or radiation.
The condition for myringoplastic surgery was dry ear and normal middle ear mucosa for at least 3 months.
He emerged in stable condition from surgery Friday night for treatment of third-degree burns, a broken left foot and extensive fragmentation wounds to his left arm, leg, abdomen, chest and face.
